The Police in Kogi State says it has recovered a Toyota Sienna Bus used by some unknown gunmen to attack the official residence of the state Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Gabriel Longpet. The police said the vehicle was abandoned in front of the REC‘s official residence. The command’s Public Relations…
The Kogi State Police Command Police has confirmed the reported attack on the residence of INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Gabriel Longpet. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, who confirmed the attack to Newsmen in Lokoja on Friday, described the incident as very unfortunate and wicked. He explained that the attackers came to the…
Some unidentified Gunmen in the early hours of Friday, December 1, 2023, attacked the residence of the Kogi state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lokoja. The armed men according to the chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, engaged the security personnel in a gun battle for over 30 minutes until reinforcement arrived….
The Kogi State Government has issued a directive to freeze all state and local government accounts, with immediate effect A statement on Thursday signed by the Commissioner for Finance, Asiru Idris, said no form of payment should be made to anyone from the government account henceforth. According to the statement, all “standing orders and investment…
Following the announcement of results in Imo and Kogi states which gave victory to All Progressive Congress, the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party on Sunday cried foul as Governor Hope Uzodimma, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, was declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship poll in Imo State by the Independent National…
At last a winner has emerged in the Kogi state governorship election. He is Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The State Returning Officer, Prof Johnson Urama, who is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, announced Ododo as the winner at 10:23pm on Sunday. “Ahmed Usman Ododo of APC,…
Following the brouhaha that ensued during the off season governorship election in Kogi state, the independent national electoral commission has said it would conduct fresh election in nine wards where election was suspended in Kogi State. The election suspended in nine wards in Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State was as a result of…
The governorship candidate of Action Alliance in the off-cycle governorship election in Kogi State, Olayinka Braimoh, has been arrested. His media aide, Musa Yakubu, who confirmed the arrest to journalists, said the politician was arrested by security operatives in Kabba. Musa revealed that the candidate and seven of his security details were nabbed after campaign…
It’s D- day today Saturday November 11, as a little over five million voters in the three states of Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi will file out to vote in the off-cycle governorship election in the states. In the three states, the Independent National Electoral Commission said 5,169,692 voters collected their permanent voter cards out of…
Ahead of this weekend’s governorship election in Kogi state, eighteen political parties have signed a peace accord. Some of the parties include the All Progressives Congress (APC), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Labour Party (LP), and the Action Alliance (AA). Others include the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), the…
